Mark Nielsen (attorney)

Mark Nielsen (born August 25, 1964) is an American business executive, former elected official, and attorney.

Mark Nielsen
Chief of Staff to the Governor of Massachusetts
In office
2006–2007
GovernorMitt Romney
Preceded byBeth Myers
Succeeded byJoan Wallace-Benjamin[1][2]
Chief Legal Counsel to the Governor of Massachusetts
In office
2004–2006
GovernorMitt Romney
Preceded byDaniel Winslow[3]
Succeeded byBrian Leske[4]
Member of the Connecticut Senate
from the 24th district
In office
1995–1999
Preceded byJames H. Maloney
Succeeded byDavid Cappiello
Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
from the 138th district
In office
1993–1995
Preceded byLawrence Anastasia
Succeeded byDavid Cappiello
Personal details
Born (1964-08-25) August 25, 1964[5]
Hartford, Connecticut[6]
Political partyRepublican
EducationHarvard College (AB)[7]
Harvard Law School (JD)

Nielsen's current position is Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Frontier Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: FTR), at the company's headquarters in Norwalk, Connecticut. With 2019 revenues of $8.1 billion, Frontier is America's fourth largest landline telecom company providing voice, data and video services in 25 states.

Nielsen started his legal career in 1990 as an associate lawyer at the Hartford law firm of Murtha, Cullina, Richter & Pinney, concentrating on federal and state litigation.

Nielsen's public roles have included Republican State Representative in Connecticut (1992 to 1994), Republican State Senator in Connecticut (1994 to 1998), and staff member to Mitt Romney when Romney was Governor of Massachusetts. Nielsen served as Romney's Chief Legal Counsel from 2004 to 2006, and his Chief of Staff from 2006 to 2007, succeeding Beth Myers in that position.[8]

In his memoir, In My Time, Vice President Dick Cheney acknowledges that he was initially angered by Nielsen’s favorable comments about Cheney's opponent in the 2000 election, Senator Joe Lieberman, but that, upon reflection, he couldn’t disagree with what Nielsen had said about Lieberman.[2][9]

Nielsen is an honors graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, and currently serves as a member of the Adjunct Faculty at Columbia Law School.[10] His brother Steven Nielsen is CEO of Dycom Industries, Inc. (NYSE: DY).[11]

References
  1. https://www.newspapers.com/image/545911313/
  2. https://www.newspapers.com/image/443794875/
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20050919150933/http://www.mass.gov/portal/index.jsp?pageID=pressreleases&agId=Agov2&prModName=gov2pressrelease&prFile=gov_pr_040924_mark_nielson.xml
  4. https://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20060822/news/308229977?template=ampart
  5. https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/CT/H/05/mark.nielsen.html
  6. https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-2000-10-13-0010130461-story.html
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20050923133955/http://www.mass.gov/legal/NielsenBio.html
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2016-11-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. Cheney, Dick (2012). In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir (1st ed.). New York, NY: Threshold Editions. p. 275. ISBN 978-1-4391-7619-1.
  10. https://www.law.columbia.edu/faculty/mark-nielsen
  11. "Steven E Nielsen".
Connecticut House of Representatives
Preceded by
Lawrence Anastasia		 Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
from the 138th district
1993–1995		 Succeeded by
David Cappiello
Connecticut State Senate
Preceded by
James H. Maloney		 Member of the Connecticut Senate
from the 24th district
1995–1999		 Succeeded by
David Cappiello
Party political offices
Preceded by
Gary A. Franks		 Republican Party Nominee for the 5th Congressional District of Connecticut
1998 (lost), 2000 (lost)		 Succeeded by
Nancy L. Johnson
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